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Post-Traumatic Growth in the Early Survival Phase: From Turkish Breast Cancer Survivors' Perspective
Figen Şengün İnan1, Besti Üstün2
1Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Turkey.
Objective:
The purpose of this descriptive phenomenological study was to explore the nature of post-traumatic growth (PTG) in Turkish breast cancer survivors in the post-treatment first two years.
Materials And Methods:
Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 13 breast cancer survivors. Data were collected between August 2015 and January 2016 in the medical oncology outpatient clinic of a university hospital in Turkey.
Results:
Two main themes were identified. They are as follows: making sense of the cancer (questioning life and death and religious meaning) and positive restoring (changes in values and increased coping skills).
Conclusion:
Health care professionals should be aware of these positive changes in the post-treatment period in accordance with aspects of PTG and they should be designed programs directed towards facilitating and enhancing post-traumatic growth in the breast cancer survivors.
